Religion & community impact
🇯🇵 Japan — how its religious make-up changed
Demographic shift
Share of the population by faith
1% → 1.8%
Christian · 1945–2020
▲ +0.8%
0% → 1%
Muslim · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0% → 1%
Jewish · 1945–2020
▲ +1.0%
0.9% → 60%
Unaffiliated · 1945–2020
▲ +59.1%
100% → 39.7%
Other · 1945–2020
▼ -60.3%
- Christian
- Muslim
- Jewish
- Unaffiliated
- Other
| Year | Christian | Muslim | Jewish | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0.9% | 100% |
| 1950 | 0.8% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% | 100% |
| 1955 | 1% | 0% | 0% | 4.1% | 100% |
| 1960 | 3.2% | 0% | 0% | 6.7% | 100% |
| 1965 | 3% | 0% | 0% | 8.8% | 100% |
| 1970 | 3% | 0% | 0% | 10.6% | 100% |
| 1975 | 3% | 0% | 0% | 10.2% | 100% |
| 1980 | 3.4% | 0.1% | 0% | 10.1% | 100% |
| 1985 | 3% | 0.1% | 0% | 10% | 100% |
| 1990 | 3% | 0.1% | 0% | 10% | 100% |
| 1995 | 3% | 0.1% | 0% | 11.5% | 100% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 11.2% | 100% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | 0.2% | 0% | 12% | 100% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | 1% | 1% | 57% | 42.9% |
| 2020 | 1.8% | 1% | 1% | 60% | 39.7% |
Figures are real national estimates from the Correlates of War World Religion Project. Green up arrows mark a rising share, red down arrows a falling share. The page shows recorded self-identification, not attendance.